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Created: July 15, 2021 10:14 AM The extensive, federal civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department is expected to take months to finish, but people who ve been through the process warn the reform efforts that could follow are long, drawn-out endeavors that cost millions of dollars over time. The pattern and practice investigation, launched in April by the United States Department of Justice, will examine issues with discriminatory policing, use of force and other systematic problems within MPD. A decade ago, the feds launched a similar investigation into the police department in Albuquerque, New Mexico and found that officers routinely used excessive and deadly force against its citizens. ....
Created: July 01, 2021 04:29 PM Investigators with the United States Department of Justice will pull from the experiences of community members and will examine past incidents to determine if systemic issues exist within the Minneapolis Police Department, according to families and community members who are familiar with the process. In April, the DOJ launched a pattern and practice investigation into MPD. Attorney General, Merrick Garland, said the feds would look into use of force incidents, as well as other discriminatory policing. The announcement came the day after a jury found ex-MPD officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the death of George Floyd. In a virtual community meeting Wednesday, staff from the Justice Department stressed that community input is crucial to the investigation, saying those voices and experiences are critical to get to the truth of policing in Minneapolis. ....
Vernon's Jeet Dukhia elected vice-president of BC Fruit Growers Association - Vernon News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the 1990s, sweet cherries were a fledgling crop in B.C. with only $500,000 in annual sales. There weren’t many varieties in the province, and B.C. was locked in competition with Washington state, the biggest producer of sweet cherries in North America. And it was losing the battle. But when the research centre, which has now bred 80 per cent of the sweet cherry varieties being grown around the world, released the Staccato variety for commercial planting in the 2000s, it changed the game for the province. With a deeply red skin and sweet taste, Staccato cherries are not ripe for picking until August much later than the harvest season for popular varieties from Washington state. This opened up a whole new market for B.C.’s sweet cherries and transformed them into a multimillion-dollar industry. Today, almost all of Canada’s sweet cherries are grown in the Okanagan. ....
Last Days for BC’s Apple Industry? COVID-19 and bad weather have hammered Okanagan orchardists. But low prices are the biggest threat to their survival. First of two. Alex Nguyen is a Vancouver-based journalist with interests related to affordability, equity and health. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Ricochet Media and the Ubyssey. Twitter: @alexnguyen2311. SHARES Not only does Sukhdeep Brar have to spend more time and effort to pick the apples on his farm this year, thanks to COVID-19 and bad weather, he also has to sell the apples for much less due to retail consolidation and competition from Washington state. ....